Notation Software

Until the article brought it up, I had never thought of using notation software as a way to rearrange music. In younger age groups, there is sometimes an issue of whether or not the students can play the music. Sometimes its not the entire piece, it's just parts of it. Notation software becomes a way to rewrite music to accommodate the playing abilities of your students. This way you don't have to compromise and play and overly dumbed down arrangement, you can simply edit a more complex one to be slightly easier, and more playable for your students. It can also be used to add to an arrangement, or fill a musical hole, or something that you thought was potentially missing from the music. This way you as the teacher can improve upon music, and make it more pleasing to the ear. The ability to edit can help your students to be better musicians. You could also write out warm-ups to improve their ability. It's a different aspect to the software that I hadn't considered when we first started exploring music technology. And letting your students do the arranging themselves could further promote musical ability.